England’s bid for Six Nations hat-trick serves as motivation to rivals | Robert Kitson

Eddie Jones has attempted to ease the pressure on his side by downplaying history but the collective desire to stop them winning a record third successive outright title is intenseSo here is a question: does history have any bearing on the outcome of a modern Six Nations championship? Eddie Jones is unconvinced and wants his England players to jettison any preconceptions before the 2018 edition. Doing so, he argues, will dynamite the annual mountain of psychological baggage and remove one of the bigger obstacles between his squad and an unprecedented third successive outright title.It is a nic…